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A keen-eyed immigrant, a candy mogul, and two pasta-making brothers reinvent rice for America's kitchens by making it faster, easier, and impossible to resist. But it'll take a massive global conflict, and a battle of innovations, to turn rice into riches.

The Food That Built America

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Through a series of accidents and unexpected innovations, a struggling cheesemaker, a New York restaurateur, a small-time baker, and a determined mother-son duo transform a humble cheese pie into a decadent American dessert--turning cheesecake into a grocery staple and the star of a restaurant empire.

Cheesecake Chronicles

A century ago, the cookie industry didn't exist, until a wave of innovators turns it into a $15 billion powerhouse; from the first sandwich cookie to the invention of chocolate chips, the rise of packaged cookies, and "homemade" chain staples, each breakthrough fuels the battle for America's favorite circular sweet.

Clash of the Cookie Giants

A chemist unlocks a chocolate syrup that transforms milk into a magic sensation; a soda shop owner cracks the code to bottling liquid chocolate for the masses; and a dairy innovator turns wartime surplus into instant cocoa gold, launching a chocolate drink revolution that sweeps America.

Chocolate in a Glass

Three burger operators race to serve a new generation on wheels, and a primitive intercom and sliding window evolve into the drive-thru, revolutionizing fast food and kicking off an industry arms race.

Drive-Thru Burger Revolution

A candy maker's botched experiment leads to the world's first bubble gum, its distinctive color, and a decades-long bubble gum war fueled by mascots, comic strips, baseball cards, and novelty flavors, transforming gum into a pop culture powerhouse and reshaping the candy aisle.

The Birth of Bubblegum

Rival cereal giants race to invent the next must-have bowl, sparking a sugary arms race of mascots, crunch, candy and the first ever chocolate cereal.

Cereal Killers

Two pizza juggernauts expand their empires as a new contender turns the fight into a three-way race to become America's big pizza chain; they push the limits with promotions, creations and inventive sides, only to discover a fourth chain charging onto the battlefield.

Pizza Power Play

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